Team Design V 17.x will install & run on Windows 8.1
To do so, you need to be careful and ensure the following

- UAC is off (this is tricky because on a windows 8 machine to permanently disable this requires a registry change)
- Firewall is off
- You are right clicking the TeamDesign launch icon and “running as admin”
- The user logged in should be a member of the local admin group.
- Use compatibility Mode for Windows 7

1 Steps total

Step 1: When first opening the program it will ask for the Client Patch folder.

Browse to [DRIVE]:\CLIENT PATCH and NOT [DRIVE]:\CLIENT PATCH\17.

Be aware TD will need to modify and "write" to the C:\Windows\TMDESIGN.INI file on your local C:\